In reaching an historic agreement regarding the global unification of competitive snowboarding, the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) settle the future custodianship of the World Snowboard Points List (WSPL). The World Snowboard Points List (WSPL) recognised as the most comprehensive and authentic ranking of international snowboard athletes in the events of Halfpipe, Big Air and Slopestyle was developed by the Ticket-to-Ride Pro Snowboarding (TTR) and the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) in the early 2000s. As result of the merger between TTR & WS ..read more

In 2002 the first Spring Battle took place at Absolut Park. Over the years, we always had creative and constantly changing formats and awards. An evolving, up-to-date event mode in tune with the zeitgeist. For this year’s 20th anniversary, we are presenting a slightly changed format once again: After launching our digitally global online format last year (due to Covid-19 restrictions), we decided to build on the great experiences we’ve made with this mode. And since we are finally able to invite Pro Riders again on site to Absolut Park, we are happy to combi ..read more

Tess Coady (AUS) and Sean Fitzsimons (USA) are the LAAX OPEN 2022 Slopestyle winners Australia‘s Tess Coady is the beaming LAAX OPEN 2022 Slopestyle winner … leading after the first run, she topped her own high score in the second run with an incredible performance, taking home 86.18 points: “Winning here means the world to me!” In second place is Olympic champion Anna Gasser (AUT), making it onto the podium at Crap Sogn Gion for the first time since 2017. Third and for the first time in the top three in LAAX is young Annika Morgan (GER) with a sensational second run. In the men’s competition ..read more

Chloe Kim (USA) and Ayumu Hirano (JPN) are the LAAX OPEN 2022 Halfpipe champions What a way to wrap up the LAAX OPEN 2022! The supreme highlight of the week was, without a doubt, the Superpipe Night Finals under floodlights at Crap Sogn Gion. A truly magical atmosphere after sunset at 2,252 metres above sea level, combined with sensational riding and rapturous fans. She did it again! Last year’s winner Chloe Kim (USA) is once more on the top step of the podium at the Superpipe Night Finals of the last FIS World Cup before the Olympic Winter Games and is thus a four-time LAAX winner! She secur ..read more

Anna Gasser Photo: Laemmerhirt World’s best snowboarders open the new year with a highlight in Laax: LAAX OPEN 2022 From January 11 to 15, 2022, make your way back to Laax for the world’s best freestyle snowboarders. They will conjure their air tricks in park and pipe, thrilling fans and judges alike as the New Year begins with a bang! The LAAX OPEN! Europe’s most renowned snowboarding contest, an important part of the FIS Snowboard World Cup Tour, organized by and in Laax in Graubünden and named the “World’s Best Freestyle Resort” several times by both the jury and the public. After the N ..read more

A big week of action in Colorado wrapped up on Saturday afternoon with the first halfpipe World Cup of the season going down under crystal clear skies and chilly temps at Copper Mountain, where Cai Xuetong of China and Japan’s Ruka Hirano walked away the first victories of the 2021/22 season. Despite the near-perfect conditions, the first competition of the season proved to be a tricky one for many of the eight women and 10 men dropping in on Saturday’s finals, with not a single rider in either field able to put down three clean runs. Still, it only takes one good one to win it, and at Copper ..read more

The second and final big air World Cup competition of the 2021/22 season went down on Saturday at the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota at Steamboat Resort (USA), where Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi climbed to the top of a World Cup podium for the first time in two seasons with the women’s win, and Su Yiming (CHN) made history by becoming the first Chinese rider ever to win a big air World Cup with a mind-blowing performance in the men’s contest. The perfect weather that had blessed us in Steamboat all week continued through Saturday’s finals, and while firm conditions on the landing of the big jump p ..read more

Prestigious Snowboard Event Scheduled for January 11-15, 2022 (LAAX, Switzerland, 17/11/2021) – The LAAX OPEN is Europe’s most important snowboard event: Since 2005, the January OPEN event in LAAX, Switzerland, has been a living freestyle lifestyle, melding contest with culture. Since 2017, it has been part of the FIS Snowboard World Cup circuit and is considered by numerous riders and teams there as the top favourite event. The OPEN also plays an outstanding role in the media and sets specific standards in reporting. Premiere: Finals in Slopestyle and Halfpipe on Saturday, January 15, 2022 T ..read more

The 2021/22 FIS Snowboard World Cup season officially got underway on Saturday at a brand new venue that seems destined to be a highlight stop on the circuit for years to come, as a massive, pumped-up crowd was on hand to watch Kokomo Murase (JPN) and Jonas Boesiger (SUI) claim the first World Cup victories of their careers at the Big Air Chur. While changing snow conditions throughout the day meant that some riders struggled to put down clean runs in the finals, the electric, music festival vibe of the Big Air Chur, a home-country win for 26-year-old Boesiger, and the standout performance f ..read more

In December 2021, the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Blue Tomato and Ride Snowboards will be kicking off into the 9th season. As every year, the popular snowboard tour attracts international riders to travel to Zillertal from everywhere. Under the aegis of the Ästhetiker crew, four tour stops will be held in 2021/2022. The events will be going down in four different Zillertal snowparks, always happening with one day of coaching and training and a slopestyle competition day. This season´s series will be kicking off with the first tour stop on December 18th and 19th at the ski resort of Hoch ..read more